Improvement in label-holders



W. G. MORTON.

Label-Holders.

No. 220,166. Patented Sept. 30,1879.

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WARNER MORTON, OF PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN LABEL-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 220,166, dated September 30, 1879 application filed August 6, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WARNER G. MORTON, of Pittsfield, in the county of Berkshire and State of Massaehusettmhave invented a new and useful Improvement in Label-Holders,

reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view. Fig. 2 1s a vertical section in the plane as a, Fig. 1. The

, remaining figures are modifications, which prickers a a, over which .the label is passed.

The free end of the label is then pressed onto the supplemental pricker I). This pricker, as shown in the drawings, Fig. 1, is constructed of two parts-the pointed end b and the firm end 0. The pointed end turns on a pivot, d, and is held in position by a spring, 0, like the blade of a pocket-knife. When the label has been pressed flat against the base-plate A the pointed end I) is turned down, as shown in Fig. 1, thus holding the label in place.

Of course, instead of the holding device shown in Figs. 1 and 2, any other form of locking device may be applied to the pricker b-as, for

example, in Fig. 3, where the label is held by an arm swinging in a slot in the pricker b, which recedes into the slot when the label is beingpressed in against the base-plate A, but falls out by its gravity as soon as the label has passed far enough in, thus holding the label in place.

Fig. 4 shows another modificacion in which the label is held by a pin, f, passing through a hole in the pricker b.

In the example shown in the drawings, the prickers a a are inclined, by which means one end of the label is held in place; but, if desired, I can also provide these prickers with looking devices similar to those on the prickerb.

My label-holder will be found very useful in fastening car-labels onto the sides of freight cars; but I do not limit myself to this use alone, since it can also be used in offices for filing papers, or for any other desired object.

In some cases the prickers a b are fastened to the side of a car, and in that case the side of the car' constitutes the base-plate A.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A label-holder consisting of a base or sup porting plate provided with inclined prickers (t a and a supplemental pricker, b, said supplemental pricker being provided with a suitable loeking device, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim'the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand and seal.

WARNER G. MORTON.

Witnesses:

WILL F. FRANCIS, THOMAS E. STERNE. 

